Author: Adriano Sofo
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291637699
Category : Education
Languages : it
Pages : 107
Book Description
L'idea di trattare un argomento così vasto, come la biodiversità, mi è venuta in mente proprio pensando al piccolo paese dove vivo. Conoscere meglio ciò che ci è vicino è più facile sotto molti aspetti, pensare sempre al globale può fuorviare le menti e illuderle che qualcosa di concreto possa avvenire. Spesso riteniamo che le nostre azioni quotidiane non possano ricadere sull'ambiente e sulle ideologie che guidano la nostra società. Invece è dalle singole azioni di ognuno che si è costruita questa società che ora inizia a vacillare. Si ha la sicurezza che i Paesi sviluppati ormai godano di benessere e che non possano essere toccati dall'insufficienza alimentare e invece non è così. Se l'uomo continua senza sosta a sfruttare le risorse incidendo sugli equilibri naturali, l'umanità non avrà probabilmente scampo.
Tutela della biodiversità locale come risposta ai problemi globali
Author: Adriano Sofo
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291637699
Category : Education
Languages : it
Pages : 107
Book Description
L'idea di trattare un argomento così vasto, come la biodiversità, mi è venuta in mente proprio pensando al piccolo paese dove vivo. Conoscere meglio ciò che ci è vicino è più facile sotto molti aspetti, pensare sempre al globale può fuorviare le menti e illuderle che qualcosa di concreto possa avvenire. Spesso riteniamo che le nostre azioni quotidiane non possano ricadere sull'ambiente e sulle ideologie che guidano la nostra società. Invece è dalle singole azioni di ognuno che si è costruita questa società che ora inizia a vacillare. Si ha la sicurezza che i Paesi sviluppati ormai godano di benessere e che non possano essere toccati dall'insufficienza alimentare e invece non è così. Se l'uomo continua senza sosta a sfruttare le risorse incidendo sugli equilibri naturali, l'umanità non avrà probabilmente scampo.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291637699
Category : Education
Languages : it
Pages : 107
Book Description
L'idea di trattare un argomento così vasto, come la biodiversità, mi è venuta in mente proprio pensando al piccolo paese dove vivo. Conoscere meglio ciò che ci è vicino è più facile sotto molti aspetti, pensare sempre al globale può fuorviare le menti e illuderle che qualcosa di concreto possa avvenire. Spesso riteniamo che le nostre azioni quotidiane non possano ricadere sull'ambiente e sulle ideologie che guidano la nostra società. Invece è dalle singole azioni di ognuno che si è costruita questa società che ora inizia a vacillare. Si ha la sicurezza che i Paesi sviluppati ormai godano di benessere e che non possano essere toccati dall'insufficienza alimentare e invece non è così. Se l'uomo continua senza sosta a sfruttare le risorse incidendo sugli equilibri naturali, l'umanità non avrà probabilmente scampo.
How is Your MPA Doing?
Author: Robert S. Pomeroy
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831707358
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Guidebook which aims to improve MPA management by providing a framework that links the goals and objectives of MPAs with indicators that measure management effectiveness. The framework and indicators were field-tested in 18 sites around the world, and results of these pilots were incorporated into the guidebook. Published as a result of a 4-year partnership of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas-Marine, World Wildlife Fund, and the NOAA National Ocean Service International Program Office.
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831707358
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Guidebook which aims to improve MPA management by providing a framework that links the goals and objectives of MPAs with indicators that measure management effectiveness. The framework and indicators were field-tested in 18 sites around the world, and results of these pilots were incorporated into the guidebook. Published as a result of a 4-year partnership of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas-Marine, World Wildlife Fund, and the NOAA National Ocean Service International Program Office.
Rewilding European Landscapes
Author: Henrique M. Pereira
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319120395
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Some European lands have been progressively alleviated of human pressures, particularly traditional agriculture in remote areas. This book proposes that this land abandonment can be seen as an opportunity to restore natural ecosystems via rewilding. We define rewilding as the passive management of ecological successions having in mind the long-term goal of restoring natural ecosystem processes. The book aims at introducing the concept of rewilding to scientists, students and practitioners. The first part presents the theory of rewilding in the European context. The second part of the book directly addresses the link between rewilding, biodiversity, and habitats. The third and last part is dedicated to practical aspects of the implementation of rewilding as a land management option. We believe that this book will both set the basis for future research on rewilding and help practitioners think about how rewilding can take place in areas under their management.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319120395
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Some European lands have been progressively alleviated of human pressures, particularly traditional agriculture in remote areas. This book proposes that this land abandonment can be seen as an opportunity to restore natural ecosystems via rewilding. We define rewilding as the passive management of ecological successions having in mind the long-term goal of restoring natural ecosystem processes. The book aims at introducing the concept of rewilding to scientists, students and practitioners. The first part presents the theory of rewilding in the European context. The second part of the book directly addresses the link between rewilding, biodiversity, and habitats. The third and last part is dedicated to practical aspects of the implementation of rewilding as a land management option. We believe that this book will both set the basis for future research on rewilding and help practitioners think about how rewilding can take place in areas under their management.
Plant Genetic Conservation
Author: Nigel Maxted
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0412637308
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The recent development of ideas on biodiversity conservation was already being considered almost three-quarters of a century ago for crop plants and the wild species related to them, by the Russian geneticist N.!. Vavilov. He was undoubtedly the first scientist to understand the impor tance for humankind of conserving for utilization the genetic diversity of our ancient crop plants and their wild relatives from their centres of diversity. His collections showed various traits of adaptation to environ mental extremes and biotypes of crop diseases and pests which were unknown to most plant breeders in the first quarter of the twentieth cen tury. Later, in the 1940s-1960s scientists began to realize that the pool of genetic diversity known to Vavilov and his colleagues was beginning to disappear. Through the replacement of the old, primitive and highly diverse land races by uniform modem varieties created by plant breed ers, the crop gene pool was being eroded. The genetic diversity of wild species was equally being threatened by human activities: over-exploita tion, habitat destruction or fragmentation, competition resulting from the introduction of alien species or varieties, changes and intensification of land use, environmental pollution and possible climate change.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0412637308
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The recent development of ideas on biodiversity conservation was already being considered almost three-quarters of a century ago for crop plants and the wild species related to them, by the Russian geneticist N.!. Vavilov. He was undoubtedly the first scientist to understand the impor tance for humankind of conserving for utilization the genetic diversity of our ancient crop plants and their wild relatives from their centres of diversity. His collections showed various traits of adaptation to environ mental extremes and biotypes of crop diseases and pests which were unknown to most plant breeders in the first quarter of the twentieth cen tury. Later, in the 1940s-1960s scientists began to realize that the pool of genetic diversity known to Vavilov and his colleagues was beginning to disappear. Through the replacement of the old, primitive and highly diverse land races by uniform modem varieties created by plant breed ers, the crop gene pool was being eroded. The genetic diversity of wild species was equally being threatened by human activities: over-exploita tion, habitat destruction or fragmentation, competition resulting from the introduction of alien species or varieties, changes and intensification of land use, environmental pollution and possible climate change.
Atlas of Macroscopic Wood Identification
Author: Flavio Ruffinatto
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030235661
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
This atlas presents macroscopic descriptions, macro cross section pictures, general characteristics and identification keys of 335 wood species currently introduced in the European timber market from all over the world. Overall 292 different genera are represented and CITES-listed timbers are also included. Macroscopic descriptions are based on a recently proposed list of macroscopic features for wood identification. Macroscopic features and their codes are defined and illustrated in the atlas. Wood descriptions also include information about natural durability, physical and mechanical properties, end uses, environmental sustainability and possible related misleading commercial names. Furthermore, each genus is described in terms of number of species, geographical distribution and main commercial timbers, and details are given about to what extent timbers within the genus can be typically identified through macroscopic and microscopic analysis, if any. The atlas will be a valuable guide for all agents in charge for timber verification, those involved in the European Timber Regulation enforcement and CITES inspections, as well as wood scientists, foresters, wood sellers, wood restorers, and any wood worker and wood passionate interested in a fast and reliable tool for wood identification.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030235661
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
This atlas presents macroscopic descriptions, macro cross section pictures, general characteristics and identification keys of 335 wood species currently introduced in the European timber market from all over the world. Overall 292 different genera are represented and CITES-listed timbers are also included. Macroscopic descriptions are based on a recently proposed list of macroscopic features for wood identification. Macroscopic features and their codes are defined and illustrated in the atlas. Wood descriptions also include information about natural durability, physical and mechanical properties, end uses, environmental sustainability and possible related misleading commercial names. Furthermore, each genus is described in terms of number of species, geographical distribution and main commercial timbers, and details are given about to what extent timbers within the genus can be typically identified through macroscopic and microscopic analysis, if any. The atlas will be a valuable guide for all agents in charge for timber verification, those involved in the European Timber Regulation enforcement and CITES inspections, as well as wood scientists, foresters, wood sellers, wood restorers, and any wood worker and wood passionate interested in a fast and reliable tool for wood identification.
The Conservation of Plant Biodiversity
Author: Otto Herzberg Frankel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521467315
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Discusses the various options for conserving plants at the level of the gene, species and community.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521467315
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Discusses the various options for conserving plants at the level of the gene, species and community.
Tourism Congestion Management at Natural and Cultural Sites
Author: World Tourism Organization
Publisher: WTO
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This guidebook contains practical guidance for effective congestion management practices at natural and cultural tourist sites, drawing on a number of detailed case studies. Congestion management practices are explained at different levels, linking actions between demand, destination and site management. Sections cover: types of tourism congestion and consequences; key stakeholders involved; and sustainable tourism development issues.
Publisher: WTO
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This guidebook contains practical guidance for effective congestion management practices at natural and cultural tourist sites, drawing on a number of detailed case studies. Congestion management practices are explained at different levels, linking actions between demand, destination and site management. Sections cover: types of tourism congestion and consequences; key stakeholders involved; and sustainable tourism development issues.
Inclusive Wealth Report 2018
Author: Shunsuke Managi
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351002066
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
The Inclusive Wealth Index provides important insights into long-term economic growth and human well-being. The Index measures the wealth of nations through a comprehensive analysis of a country's productive base and the country’s wealth in terms of progress, well-being and long-term sustainability. It measures all assets which human well-being is based upon, in particular, produced, human and natural capital to create and maintain human well-being over time.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351002066
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
The Inclusive Wealth Index provides important insights into long-term economic growth and human well-being. The Index measures the wealth of nations through a comprehensive analysis of a country's productive base and the country’s wealth in terms of progress, well-being and long-term sustainability. It measures all assets which human well-being is based upon, in particular, produced, human and natural capital to create and maintain human well-being over time.
Communicating the Environment to Save the Planet
Author: Maurizio Abbati
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783319760162
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book, based on authoritative sources and reports, links environmental communication to different fields of competence: environment, sustainability, journalism, mass media, architecture, design, art, green and circular economy, public administration, big event management and legal language. The manual offers a new, scientifically based perspective, and adopts a theoretical-practical approach, providing readers with qualified best practices, case studies and 22 exclusive interviews with professionals. A fluent style of writing leads the readers through specific details, enriching their knowledge without being boring. As such it is an excellent preparatory and interdisciplinary academic tool intended for university students, scholars, professionals, and anyone who would like to know more on the matter.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783319760162
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book, based on authoritative sources and reports, links environmental communication to different fields of competence: environment, sustainability, journalism, mass media, architecture, design, art, green and circular economy, public administration, big event management and legal language. The manual offers a new, scientifically based perspective, and adopts a theoretical-practical approach, providing readers with qualified best practices, case studies and 22 exclusive interviews with professionals. A fluent style of writing leads the readers through specific details, enriching their knowledge without being boring. As such it is an excellent preparatory and interdisciplinary academic tool intended for university students, scholars, professionals, and anyone who would like to know more on the matter.
Grassland Productivity and Ecosystem Services
Author: Gilles Lemaire
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 1845938097
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This book contains 28 chapters with emphasis on the interactive nature of the relationships between the soil, plant, animal and environmental components of grassland systems, both natural and managed. It analyses the present knowledge and the future trends of research for combining the classical view of grasslands, as a resource for secure feeding of an increasing human population, with the more recent perspective of the contribution of grasslands to the mitigation of environmental impacts and biodiversity erosion as consequences of human society activities. The chapters are organized within five sections dealing with the different functions and the main ecosystem services expected from grasslands: (i) domestic herbivore feeding and animal production; (ii) the regulation of biogeochemical cycles and its consequences for the environment; (iii) dynamics of biodiversity hosted by grasslands; (iv) integration of grasslands within sustainable animal production systems; and (v) interactions of grassland areas with other land use systems at the landscape level.
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 1845938097
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This book contains 28 chapters with emphasis on the interactive nature of the relationships between the soil, plant, animal and environmental components of grassland systems, both natural and managed. It analyses the present knowledge and the future trends of research for combining the classical view of grasslands, as a resource for secure feeding of an increasing human population, with the more recent perspective of the contribution of grasslands to the mitigation of environmental impacts and biodiversity erosion as consequences of human society activities. The chapters are organized within five sections dealing with the different functions and the main ecosystem services expected from grasslands: (i) domestic herbivore feeding and animal production; (ii) the regulation of biogeochemical cycles and its consequences for the environment; (iii) dynamics of biodiversity hosted by grasslands; (iv) integration of grasslands within sustainable animal production systems; and (v) interactions of grassland areas with other land use systems at the landscape level.